From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1686C388F9 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B231206CA for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=mg.codeaurora.org header.i=@mg.codeaurora.org header.b="skv4vRTa" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730803AbgKDQeD (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 11:34:03 -0500 Received: from z5.mailgun.us ([104.130.96.5]:61889 "EHLO z5.mailgun.us" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728841AbgKDQeC (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 11:34:02 -0500 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1604507642; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Date: References: Subject: Cc: To: From: Sender; bh=9g398sYCus/6pchotAT4Q21ccbvaxHY6VWW1VZCOQ7s=; b=skv4vRTasAPj+M6oTX8qeC05wjjaOkdJvfXIPSyUBcnBIoTDveZusf4uRuF7m2bocF5jv9ey tyZ6QSjM9rDom0boYR9pQw62VnIr5ATDnbiO+/79qCelMHMIEnKNIGKX1AUMRAGW5AY/gpt4 B+qd+07J9MJQT/UG21ZxOer/o5c= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 104.130.96.5 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n03.prod.us-east-1.postgun.com with SMTP id 5fa2d7dc8dd4beedee96a1e0 (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:33:32 GMT Sender: kvalo=codeaurora.org@mg.codeaurora.org Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 15C3FC433C9; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:33:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from potku.adurom.net (88-114-240-156.elisa-laajakaista.fi [88.114.240.156]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D65AC433C8; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:33:30 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org 8D65AC433C8 Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org From: Kalle Valo To: ath11k@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath11k: QCA6390 support on Linux References: <87r1r4nukq.fsf@codeaurora.org> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 18:33:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87r1r4nukq.fsf@codeaurora.org> (Kalle Valo's message of "Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:20:53 +0300") Message-ID: <87mtzxqdyf.fsf@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Kalle Valo writes: > some of the Dell XPS 15 9500 models have QCA6390 Wi-Fi 6 device. ath11k > will be the driver to support QCA6390 and the plan is that Linux v5.10 > (most likely released end of December) will be the first release to > support it. > > But as everything is not ready yet I recommend people to test > ath11k-qca6390-bringup branch, and specifically tag > ath11k-qca6390-bringup-202008181507. Below are instructions how to > install kernel and firmware. > > Do note that this is still experimental, there will be bugs but at least > it should be possible to connect to an AP and have connectivity. > > Please send all questions, comments and bug reports to > ath11k@lists.infradead.org list. I do not have time to reply to private > email. I have Bcced people who have contacted me privately. Some updates: * QCA6390 support is now in v5.10-rc2 * pull request to linux-firmware sent, not yet pulled * board-2.bin should be now used instead of board.bin * there was some reorganisation in ath11k-firmware Here are updated instructions on how to test ath11k: # clone kernel git clone -b v5.10-rc2 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git # clone firmware git clone https://github.com/kvalo/ath11k-firmware.git # Ensure below options are selected in the kernel cd linux make menuconfig --> Select Device drivers --> Network device support --> Wireless LAN --> Enable as below Qualcomm Technologies 11ax chipset support Atheros ath11k PCI support [*] QCA ath11k debugging [*] QCA ath11k debugfs support [*] ath11k tracing support [*] QCA ath11k spectral scan support # Build and install the kernel and kernel modules # Install firmware cd ../ath11k-firmware sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/ sudo cp QCA6390/hw2.0/1.0.1/WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1/*.bin /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/ sudo cp QCA6390/hw2.0/board-2.bin /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/ -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches